This cured my aperture fever I've recently bought an 8 inch f/5.9 Dob, and I have been beating myself up for two days for not buying a 10 inch. Then I found these websites. He sketched many DSOs with an Orion XT8 f/5.9 (same model as my Explore scientific 8" dob). I am indeed blown away by the sketches. 1) [https://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/sg-messier.html](https://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/sg-messier.html) 2) and also, another guy documented his DSO viewing experience with an 8" dob here [https://xt8dob.wordpress.com/about/](https://xt8dob.wordpress.com/about/) 3) This review by Zane Landers also helps: [https://telescopicwatch.com/orion-8945-skyquest-xt8-review/](https://telescopicwatch.com/orion-8945-skyquest-xt8-review/) He says, "The quality of many deep-sky objects I can view with the SkyQuest XT8 or any telescope, is heavily dependent on the light pollution I’m under.…